Pin setter



Aug. 2, 1938.

A. NYERGES PIN SETTER Filed March 11, 1957 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR. flrf/wr Nyeryes ATTORNEY.

2, 1938. NYERGES I 2,125,647

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Au 2, 1938. A. NYERGES 2,125,647

PIN SETTER Filed March 11, 1937 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 E I E. E I? 1 E517 i J40 WW 27 2 E INVENTOR.

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Patented Au 2, 938 z 125 547' rm srz'r'ma Arthur Nyerges, Cleveland, Ohio Application March 11,1937, Serial No. 130,337

2 Claims. (oi. 213-42) My invention relates to games and more parplates 12 receivethe ferruled ends 15a of the ticularly to that type of miniature game wherebowed rods IS, the opposite ends lid of the by tenpins are used in the playing thereof and ends of said rods being secured in tubular proin which a device called a pinsetter is an im- ,lections. lliasecured to a small circular disc l6 portant factor in the efficient and satisfactory which thus is suspended over the exact cente 5 development of the play. ofthe game board Ill.

One object is to provide a device that is sim- A threaded adjustment pin I! mounted through pie and inexpensive in construction and which a t r aperture n the exact center of may be transported from place to place at litsaid disc l6, has a. flattened surface "a at its tle effort, any table top being adequate to erect l wer e wi h n ap t throu h 10 the game thereon. Within which is secured a thread l9 having a ball Another object is to provide a simple, com 20 attached at its opposite end and suspended pact pinsetter having no movable parts but which directly above the exact center of the game sets the pins quickly and accurately in an inboard I ll.

stant upon the pinblock provided therefor. A circular plate 2! is rotatably secured by 15 These and other advantages maybe noted from means of a center pin 22 in the exact center of the following specification and its accompanying the top surface of the game board Ill, and said illustrations, in which: plate has a projecting portion 2 la extending out- Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the game set wardly therefrom through which is secured a up and ready to play. knob 23, the lower end of which projects slightly 20 Fig. '2 is a plan view of the game showing below the under surface of said projecting por- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE the path of the ball when making a strike. tion and into a depression 24 in the game Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the pinsetter. board I0. Fig. 4 is a top plan view of Fig. 3. A pin block 25 is mounted adjacent to and 25 Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of Fig. 4. eccentrically from the center pin 22 as shown 25 Fig. 6 is a section on line 6 -6 of Fig. 5 showin Figs. 1 and 2. ing the pins inserted in the pinsetter which is The pinsetter shown particularly in Figs. '4 in a forward position on the pin block. to 8 consists of a hollow box-like frame or struo- Fig. 'I is a section similar to Fig. 6 except that ture 26 having pockets or openings 28 adapted the pinsetter is in the correct position for reto receive or fit over the pins 21, the holes 29 30 moval from the pins leaving them in their correct at the bottoms of the pockets being circular and positions on the block. of practically a little larger in size than the body Fig. 8 is a section on line 8-8 of Fig. 4. of the pins. The front walls of the pockets 2! Fig. 9 is a fragmentary section of one corner are inclined forwardly and the enlarged holes or 5 of the game board, showing the position of the edges 50 at the top of the pocket taper or curve adjusting screw for accurate leveling of the playso that the heads of the pins may assume or ing surface. v be guided to the proper upright vertical posi- Fig. 10 is a sectional view of the circular disc tion. The frame has handles 33 and 34 at the and adjustment pin. sides whereby it may be lifted and has cleats Fig. 11 is a. plan view of a modified form of 3| and 32 extending across the bottom, and at 40 pinsetter. v the ends of these cleats are flanges Sta, Mb, 32a,

Fig. 12 is a sectionon line l2l2 0 eand 321: which serve as guides to confine the Fi 3 5 a se t n on l 3 f Fi movement back and forth by the handle an fixed A ain r f rr n t t lustrat s; :1 s me to the under side of the frame. The handle has board "I, which may be square (as shown) or a, shoulder 30a which will strike the front edge 45 round if desired, has upward flangededges lid of the pin block 35 and stop the movement which form a retaining wall therearound. when the pins are in erect position.

A plurality of adjusting screws II are spaced In setting up and playing the game, the game at proper points upon the game board Ill and board I!) is placed on atable or the like, ferruled screwed therethrough for leveling purposes. ends lid of the rods-l5 are inserted within the 50 Corner plates l2 have angular flanges Ma and apertures H in the corner plates l2, the oppol2b, said flanges being secured to the flanged site ends are then inserted in the tubular proedges Illa of the game board as shown in Fig. 1 jections lid of the circular disc l6, as shown in by screws l3. Figs. 1 and 2, the ball 20 now hangs suspended 66 Apertures in the top surface of the comer directly above the center pin 22 at the end of the thread l9; if said ball is not at dead center when assembled, screw the adjustment screws 4| in or out until the proper level is reached. a

Place the pinsetter 26 over the pinblock 25, drop the pins 21 into the pockets 28 until the base 21a of said pins project through the apertures 28 in said pinsetter. When all of the pins are in pinsetter 25,. draw said pinsetter forward to the position shown in Fig. 6, by means of a handle 30 attached thereto, cross beams 3| and 32 being secured to the under side of said pinsetter and project outwardly therefrom at each end, said ends terminating in downwardly projecting portions 3la and 31b, and 32a and 32b, which form guards to prevent any side movement of the pinsetter 26 as it is moved forward and back on the pin block 25.

Now the pinsetter 26 is pushed backward until the pin block 25 hits the shoulder 30a of the handle 30 and the pins 21 and pinsetter 26 assume the positions shown in Fig. 7. The thickest part of the body of the pins 27, in their relation to the apertures 29, and in conjunction with the thickest part of the pin head 21a in its relation to the contour of the pocket 28 at its top rear edge, causes the pin to assume an upright vertical position within the pinsetter". The pinsetter 26 is now lifted by means of side bars 33 and 34, mounted on each side of said pinsetter, until free of the pins 21 which rest on the pin block 25 in their exact positions as spaced by the pinsetter apertures 29.

Thegame is now ready to be played, as shown by Fig. 1 the apex of the pins as set upon the block is away from the player and points toward his or her opponent on the opposite side of the game board Ill.

The ball 20 is now drawn toward the player to the length of the thread IS, the ball is released in such manner as to cause it to are slightly, in its swing, away from the center point, thereupon on its return swing it arcs on the opposite side to the same degree as upon the outward swing, hitting the pins 21 and scoring as in the usual bowling game.

The passage of the ball 20 is indicated by the dash lines and arrows on Fig. 2.

At the end of the first player's score, the knob 23 is lifted slightly until free from the depression 24, the plate 2| is rotated until the knob end drops into the next depression 24 or into the depression governing the next player's position whereupon the same procedure is followed.

The use of this type of pinsetter facilitates the game and removes the necessity for setting pins by hand which is a slow and extremely uncertain method to follow.

A slightly dliferent pinsetter 40 is shown in Figs. 11, 12, and 13, the pockets ll beingv different in contour to those in pinsetter 26 although the rest of the pinsetter is practically the same as that shown in the first form and serve the same purpose.

Having thus described my invention, it will be seen and noted that various changes'may be made within the scope of the invention without materially departing from the spirit of my invention, hence I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the exact structure hereinabove described and disclosed, and I desire by my claims to cover any structure within thewhen the pinsetter is placed thereon and space said bottom board above the block until said openings are in substantially the same horizontal plane as the points of greatest diameter of the pins, said cleats having depending flanges at the ends thereof which engage opposite side edges of the pin block and guide the sliding movement of the pinsetter thereon, the frame also including a top board having enlarged openings at the top of the pockets, and a handle at the front end of the frame provided with a shoulder arranged to strike the front end. of the block and stop backward slide of the frame on the block. I

2. A pinsetter as in claim 1, the top openings converging from a widest portion at the top of the inclined surfaces to a narrowest portion in vertical alignment with the openings in the bottom board.

ARTHUR NYERGES. 

